"Anti-solvent strategy promoting (002) texture and suppressing side rea" by Huaizheng Ren, Sai Li et al.
In aqueous electrolytes, the stability of the zinc anode is threatened by severe dendrite growth and the hydrogen evolution reaction. Herein, diethylene glycol (DEG) is used as an anti-solvent agent to address the abovementioned issues and boost the reversibility of the zinc anode. The DEG has a strong affinity to the Zn anode, thereby steering dominant (002)-textured zinc growth without dendrites. Multiple spectroscopic techniques, theoretical calculations, and molecular dynamics simulation have demonstrated that DEG can reconstruct the solvation sheath of Zn2+ and reduce the amount of active...
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